Jul 14, 2020
When the "green revolution" offered the promise of better
agriculture through chemical-intensive farming, J.I. Rodale was
skeptical. He started an organic farm and then an institute to
study how farming could improve the land and human health.
Now the Rodale Institute
is doing agriculture research not only in their home farm in
Pennsylvania, but also at new research centers in Iowa, California,
and Georgia. We talk to Rodale's Diana Martin
about the past and future of their research, about the impact of
Covid-19 on both consumers and farmers, and about the resources
available to those wishing to transition to organic/regenerative
farming and food.